The glitzy, glorious and the glamourous turned up to take part in the Nelson Mandela Invitational golf tournament and have fun at the Arabella Country Estate just outside Kleinmond over the weekend.
But on Sunday the event took a more serious turn. Two R1-million cheques were handed over to the Nelson Mandela Children's Fund and the Gary Player Foundation.
On Friday afternoon local and international celebrities and VIP guests arrived at Arabella, just outside Kleinmond for a weekend of fantastic golf in aid of charity.
Hollywood actor Samuel L Jackson, British supermodel Jodie Kidd, former England cricket captain Alec Stewart, Springbok rugby player Bobby Skinstad and South African wicketkeeper Mark Boucher were only a few of the special guests that took part in the invitational.
The tournament is fast becoming South Africa's premier charity event.
Over the past three years more than R5-million has been raised for the two charities involved, both of which provide support structures and initiatives that improve the lives of the children and youth of South Africa.
By Friday evening, after a few hours of practice, the guests had settled in and were ready for the charity auction and gala dinner in the banquet hall. Champagne, strawberry juice and finger foods were served on arrival. The women were elegantly dressed in slender evening wear and the men smart in black ties and suits.
Not surprisingly, supermodel Kidd arrived in a stunning black cocktail dress and matching pashmina. Jackson wore a grey suite and beret.
Highlights of the auction included a signed Muhammad Ali boxing glove for R80 000 and two paintings signed by Nelson Mandela, which were sold for R100 000 each.
On Saturday morning the Cape Argus clinched an interview with Jackson before his first round.
Jackson first swung a club nine years ago. "When I moved to Los Angeles I had a group of friends who played golf and they kept insisting that I was going to learn to play and I kept insisting that I wasn't. One day they came by my house and told me we were going somewhere else. I got in the car and we ended up at a golf course.
"They made me play. They beat me and I didn't like it so I started taking lessons and I was hooked."
His wife offered him a gift to attend golf school and so his game improved.
Jackson has become something of an honourary South African in recent times, filming in Cape Town earlier this year and enjoying several of the region's golf courses. He believes it is vital to support causes like the Nelson Mandela Children's Fund and the Gary Player Foundation.
"It is important that everybody has events like this. There are people at risk everywhere and there are people with advantages that do things like play golf. This is a way to get people to come out and spend certain amounts of money to play in events like this with people like us."
Between play guests were treated to massages, facials and alone time in the saunas and steam rooms at the Altira Spa on the estate's premises. And by Saturday night everybody was in a party mood.
A Cape malay-style buffet dinner was held in the banquet hall. This time guests were casually dressed in jeans and smart shirts.
The crowd were entertained by kwaito star Mandoza and Cape Town band The Rockets.
On Sunday afternoon Madiba himself arrived to accept a cheque worth R1-million that had been raised through a live auction, anonymous donations, R25 000 per four-ball and a silent auction.
The Lukhanyo Primary School choir sang to him as he arrived and spectators applauded as he walked onto the green where the prize-giving was being held.
Dressed in a black plants and gold shirt he smiled and waved at an adoring public.